Halloween Cake Pops (Vegan Healthier)

These vegan, gluten-free and healthier Halloween Cake Pops are so fun to make for the spooky season and you only need 6-7 basic ingredients. They are fudgy, moist and delicious like pumpkin pie, chocolate truffles and small cakes in each bite.

These are the best way to use up leftover cake, and if you made my Hidden Pumpkin Loaf Cake, you’ll have the perfect way to use those slices of cake. These pops feel like cake-y chocolate truffles, combined with all things pumpkin and delicious and require zero baking or skills. They start with crumbling up cake, stirring it all together and shaping into balls. You can dip, drizzle and dunk these into chocolate as your heart desires and add more sprinkles to make these as spooky as you like. They are also made with healthy, wholesome ingredients unlike most buttercream-based cake pops, making them even better.

Why will I love these?

These pops are so fun:

• Melt in your mouth delicious
• Pumpkin spiced and cosy
• Sweet but naturally sweetened and not over the top
• Great to use up leftover cake
• Made with wholesome ingredients
• A source of fibre, protein and gut healthy goodness
• Chocolatey and rich
• Naturally vegan, gluten-free, egg-free and dairy-free
• Easily nut-free and soya-free
• Requires no baking or skills
• Great to make with little ones
• Perfect for Halloween trick or treats
• Fantastic all year round (without the googly eyes!)

If you already love the sound of these Halloween Cake Pops then skip ahead to the recipe card below. Or, first let’s discuss the recipe in more detail.

What ingredients do I need?

The ingredient list is very simple and you can see the full weights in the recipe card and see my favourites in the “shop the recipe” section below.

• Leftover pumpkin cake: if you’ve made my Hidden Pumpkin Loaf Cake, you’ll have the perfect amount of cake for this recipe. If not, see my tips below. This is the perfect base for cake pops and truffles.
• Smooth runny almond butter: this is the glue that holds the mix together, as we are not using butter or buttercream. I love a smooth, runny 100% almond butter but peanut, cashew or pecan butter will also work. To make these nut-free, use tahini or sunflower seed butter.
• Coconut yoghurt: this also adds moisture to the mixture and makes these melt in the mouth delicious. The Cocos Organic vanilla or natural yoghurt is my favourite as it’s thick, creamy and great for gut health. Make sure your yoghurt is thick like a dairy-free Greek-style texture.
• Vegan vanilla protein powder: this adds a boost of protein and adds natural sweetness and vanilla flavour. I use the FORM vanilla one which is my latest favourite and you can save 10% on their website with my code NourishingAmy10.
• Oat flour: or use oats and blend them into a flour yourself. This is great as it requires zero baking and adds wholesome goodness.
• Dark chocolate: for dipping, dunking and drizzling all over the cake pops. Use your favourite dark chocolate or dairy-free milk chocolate here.
• Coconut oil: I add this into the melting chocolate so that they set more quickly and are easier to bite into.
• Edible sugar eyes: these turn the cake truffles into Halloween creations but you can also use other sprinkles.

Are these gluten-free and nut-free?

Start by making the initial cake gluten-free and nut-free (see my original recipe post for tips) and then to keep the pops gluten-free, use certified gluten-free oats or oat flour. To make these nut-free, swap the almond butter for sunflower seed butter and check your protein, yoghurt and chocolate.

How do I make them?

These are easy and quick to make:

• Crumble up the cake: into fine crumbs and weigh the mix. If yours is a bit more of a bit less, that is fine, you may need to add some more oat flour or almond butter to counteract this.
• Stir together all the ingredients: except the chocolate.
• You will have a sticky cookie dough like texture: and scoop into 16 to 18 pieces.
• Roll into balls and place on a parchment lined tray: and set in the fridge.
• Melt the chocolate and coconut oil: and pout into a small bowl.
• Dip, dunk or drizzle the pops into the chocolate: and add on some googly eyes or sprinkles.
• Set the chocolate in the fridge and enjoy: straight away or save for later.

How long will they last?

Once made, keep these in the fridge for 3-5 days in a sealed container, although the eyes will soften and start to bleed so best to add these the same day you want to serve them.

What if I don’t have leftover cake?

If you don’t have any leftover cake, you need to make a new cake, here are my suggestions:

• Just make the pumpkin loaf from the Hidden Pumpkin Cake
• Make the Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Cake to make these chocolatey truffles
• Prep the Vegan Tiramisu Cake sponges
• Prepare the Vegan Gingerbread Sheetcake
• Make the Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu Cake
• Prep your favourite Vegan Vanilla Sponge Cake

Make sure the cake is completely cool before crumbling up and where needed, add 1-2 tsp pumpkin pie spices to the cake pop mixture.

What else can I make?

If you are looking for more Halloween ideas, how about my:

• Matcha White Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes
• Halloween Chocolate Fudge Blondies
• Halloween Chocolate Oreo Cookies
• Vegan Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu
• Halloween Vegan Rocky Road

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Stay in touch

I look forward to hearing what you think of these Halloween Cake Pops so please let me know in the comments below and leave a star review above. If you do make these, I’d love to see so please tag me, I’m @nourishing.amy on Instagram and use the hashtag #nourishingamy. I’m also on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest  – please say hello!

With Halloween pops of love x